We have another very busy earnings week ahead for the second quarter reporting season. Some are DJIA components and some are sector-movers or market-movers. We are tracking earnings and giving previews for…
MedcoHealth Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS) is a company we have somewhat expected might succumb to consolidation in the arena surrounding healthcare. Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX) is offering some $29 billion to…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesOne theory of economics says that any market can return to a point where it has been in the past. The Great Recession was, by some measures as…
Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) is actually trading up on a day that the broader market is down considerably. That always makes being critical sound a bit misplaced, but we are not…
Nokia was badly hurt by poor earnings and rumors of a takeovers. CVS suffered from a report by Fox Business the organized crime has hurt retail margins. EMC division RSA suffers major…
It is a tale you have heard before… driving down prices or capping hikes by bidding contract renewals out in what feels like a Dutch auction. Today’s daily hat trick comes in a…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggWe have already seen (some) of the position changes of Warren Buffett, but the old guy wouldn’t share many ‘confidential positions’ so we are whale watching in other ponds. We wanted to…
The drop in commodities may help rally the dollar (Reuters) The moderating growth of jobs claims is seen as a threat to the recovery (Reuters) A sharp drop in commodities prices hurt…
Earnings season may have peaked but we still have some key sector moving stocks due to report earnings on Thursday morning. We have offered previews and some basic color on shares of…
Gabelli & Co. is rather well-known for looking at companies for their value in special situations and in possible mergers, to the point that Mario Gabelli is known as “Dr. Love” by the…
Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI) is not as well known in American healthcare as it is about to be. The pharmacy benefit management company has just signed a pact to acquire…
Customer satisfaction in the retail and online e-commerce industries is getting worse. There is no single reason for this, but it is likely that the recent economic downturn is one of the…
S&P 500 WEEK: BOTTOM 10 (28 JAN-03 FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 03Feb11 Close Price 28Jan11 PACCAR Inc PCAR -7.9 50.50 54.82 Genworth Financial Inc GNW -7.4 12.83 13.85…
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) Cut to Hold at Argus. CVS Caremark Corporation…
We examined nine companies whose plans to revive their fortunes have not succeeded and found several common themes. Managements often fail to appreciate the size of the challenges they face. Competition is…
